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EATENTED AUG. z5, 1868. E. B. STEELE. GAE G OUPLING.

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min-vnr BL strana-E,` 0F; WINSTED, CONNECT-werp- 'Lettere No..l 814,551, dated ingaat 25, 14868. n

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'roALL wfHoM 'rr MAY eerie-ERM f in-venteda new 'and inipro'ied Cer-Couple or Slnickle; and'I do hereby doclnre'- that the following is a full and e it known thatV HARVEY 13.'.STEELE5of WinsteilgncountyoofLitchficld-end StateofConneeticut; have4 exact description thereo'reierence being had. ltov the accompanying drawings,4 and to the letters of reference marked thereon. V

The nature of my invention consists in such en nrrnngementoi the parts oi'fa self-acting ear-couplin'g`that the shackle 'or Iliil-'s'hell he 'held' in'posi'tion to enterlthodrawfhend of the car, o n'dbecoine attached thereto. `To enable 'others skilled in theart to make andfuse my invention, I willfproccodjto describel its censtrnetion and operation. v I

cavity within suilicientto contain the apparatus for locking the'vcars together. l A spiral spring is placed in the regir' end ofA the cavity', inf front of-which is plee'ede. heed-block, formed with shoulders, to 4prevent its' being thrown out bythe spiral'springj. dog or pin; in two parts, one on the upper, thoother on the lower side-oi` i the bixniper. Theilower ,clog or pinis an eccentric on its ha'ok par-t. When the head-block is moved beek, the

pin rises, passing f threugh the link?, in eetingtheappemdegeepim-raising it, and passing lbehind iig-,when the upper dog isforceddo'wn front oi itin thatposition. The link is made squareon each end, and held inits yplacebythe. lieadhloek'sbeingfereod against'it by the 's'pirelfspring in the rear of said head-blook, thus complating the. couple and holding it in tliatQposition. A srnell 'spring-isnttaohd to the top of the bumper gli shackle te regulate the upper dog orfpin. The car is uneouplcd 'hy putting a ringen the top ofthe shackle-or;

bumper attach'edto tli'eupper dog or pin.' A oord` may be attached to this ring, convenient for the conductor` on gthe platform'rbywhieh h e can uncouple the cars at pleasure.- This couple will connect with any o the' ordinary shackles 'r bumpers now in use ieondueted into itby hund, and thcdon'gor of coupling inthe ordinnry'way is avoided by the us'c ofthis coupling.

n Figure 1 represents a longitudinal sectional viowof thecuouplin'g, showing one coupling with-thelinklocked fand-the other open'.

Figure Qreprcs'ents a top-view ofthe same, with one coupling open, showing the' coupling-link in its plage, with thelieatl-bloohforced hack against the spiral s'p'ring. Y

Figure 3 showsa .frontwieiof the draw-head and lower deg, y A

.l represents the frntneorbnmper containing the ee\ipl'in g.-devoost Ai3 is the couplinglink,.which `is :,utiare o n each end'. C is the aring'jws of the bumper, and as the coupling-link is entered, itforces back the henri- Ablock F. .As the head-block isv i`ore`e dhack, the dog D is reised and passes'upthrough the coupling/ linkand past the dogE. #As soonas tho'dog D has passed the 'dog E, vthe dog VThi-drops into the' oii'set inthe npperp of the `deg 1),: and securely holds the coupling-link in*` its'place, which become a. complete lock for the lnirx," G

is a spiral spring in the :fear o f' :the hend-hlock F, which forces Vthe `hloek forward, and holds the coupling-link ine horizontal position, which allows the c'ars to-bereadily'and safely coupled without endangering the lives of those engaged in the operation. C

II is a spring upon lthe top of cach' coupling, and through which the-dog FV passes.V The object of this spring is to keepy the dogE in its proper place after the couplingllink has entered. ,J is e ring in the top of the dog Elto whichgoohain may'be attached; for' the purpose'of uneoupling the ears..

The cars arecas'ily. and 'safelyunceppled by raising the dog E, 'whieh liberates the.deg'D',when the lialris at once thrown out by the spiraly spring G forcing forward the headblock F. 4 What .I'claim a'smy invention,A and desire to secureby' Letters Patent, is

The constrnctionof the 'bumper'A with its spiral spring G, head-block F with its dog D, and thedog ,with its sprin'gH, all arranged,A eornbined,.and operating the'square-end link B? as hereindcscribed andfor the if ai.v www? "r HARVEY B. STEELE.

Witnesses i D. MAY-nsw F. W.' Flinter; 

